The Night the World Agreed on Climate
On December 12, 2015, 195 nations adopted the Paris Agreement at COP21 — the first truly global pact to fight climate change.
On December 12
Kenya's Midnight of Freedom
On December 12, 1963, Kenya became independent from Britain at a midnight ceremony in Nairobi, with Jomo Kenyatta as its first prime minister.
The Mona Lisa Comes Home
On December 12, 1913, the world's most famous missing painting was recovered in a Florence hotel room — two years after a handyman stole it from the Louvre.